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Vegetarian meal plan by age: 12 months

Written for BabyCenter India It is important that you start introducing a variety of food in your toddler's diet gradually. These will provide the calories, proteins, vitamins and minerals that are essential for her growth. The amount of food eaten would vary from child to child and would also depend on when you introduce a particular food to your toddler. Talk to your doctor as well about the serving size that would suit your child. Here we have planned a week's sample menu for your toddler. She may or may not eat the exact amounts given here. You may even need to skip an option initially till she gets used to eating right. See how it works for you. Why not organise a whole week of your own recipes with our blank meal planner?
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A week's sample vegetarian meal plan for a one year old Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Monday
Early Morning: Breastfeed or 1 cup full cream milk. Breakfast: cup cereal such as ragi (nachni) or dalia cooked in whole cream milk Add -1 tsp of powdered or finely chopped dry fruits to increase the nutritive value. Mid morning: 1 fresh fruit cubed into small pieces or 1 cup of fruit or vegetable juice or 1 cup of tomato or vegetable soup.

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Lunch (Curd optional): cup dal, 1-2 tsp of seasonal veggies, such as lauki, methi, etc. with 1 chapatti or cup rice. Evening snack: 1 cup milkshake with a fruit of your choice (bananas, mangoes or strawberries). Dinner: cup vegetable khichri with vegetables such as peas, carrots, and potatoes.
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Tuesday
Early Morning: Breastfeed or 1 cup full cream milk. Breakfast: -1 small parantha with a stuffing of mashed paneer and cooked vegetables. Search our community to find others talking about this and more!

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Mid morning: 1 fresh fruit cubed into small pieces or 1 cup of fruit or vegetable juice or 1 cup of tomato or vegetable soup. Lunch (Curd optional): 5-6 tablespoons rajma or chholey with cup rice. Evening snack: to 1 cup mixed fruit chaat with chopped apples, pineapples, grapes and bananas.

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Wednesday
Our Advertisers JOHNSON'S Baby Baby Wipes Top to Toe Prickly Heat Powder Sleep Profile Early Morning: Breastfeed or 1 cup full cream milk. Breakfast: 1 small idli with coconut or tomato chutney. Mid morning: 1 fresh fruit cubed into small pieces or 1 cup of fruit or vegetable juice or 1 cup of tomato or vegetable soup. Lunch : Baby vegetable pizza with paneer, tomatoes, capsicum and cheese topping. Evening snack: banana muffin with cup milk. Dinner: cup soya granules and aloo curry with cup rice or 1 chapatti.

Thursday
Early Morning: Breastfeed or 1 cup full cream milk. Breakfast: Cheese toast made with a slice of cheese and a layer of coriander chutney with a 1 slice of wheat bread. Mid morning: 1 fresh fruit cubed into small pieces or 1 cup of fruit or vegetable juice or 1 cup of tomato or vegetable soup. Lunch (Curd optional): cup vegetable biryani and grated cucumber or carrots. Evening snack: Fruit smoothie made with 1 cup whole cream milk and a seasonal fruit. Dinner: cup matar paneer and 1 chapatti or parantha.

Friday
Early Morning: Breastfeed or 1 cup full cream milk. Breakfast: 1 small moong dal cheela (dosa) with coriander or tomato chutney. Mid morning: 1 fresh fruit cubed into small pieces or 1 cup of fruit or vegetable juice or 1 cup of tomato or vegetable soup. Lunch: cup baked vegetables such as cauliflower, beans and peas, mashed potatoes with soup. Evening snack: One small paneer or tofu cutlet with cup milk. Dinner: cup dal, a small portion of seasonal vegetables such as carrot, cauliflower, beans and ladyfinger or bhindi, chapatti or cup rice.

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Saturday
Early Morning: Breastfeed or 1 cup full cream milk. Breakfast: - cup suji upma with vegetables such as finely chopped beans and carrots. Mid morning: 1 fresh fruit cubed into small pieces or 1 cup of fruit or vegetable juice or 1 cup of tomato or vegetable soup. Lunch : cup kadhi or rasam in cup rice. Evening snack: - 1 slice fruit/walnut bread with cup milk. Dinner: 1 slice whole wheat bread pizza topped with finely chopped vegetables such as tomatoes, onions, beans, capsicum and cottage cheese.

Sunday
Early Morning : Breastfeed or 1 cup full cream milk. Breakfast: cup mashed potato gravy with 2 baby puris. Mid morning: 1 fresh fruit cubed into small pieces or 1 cup of fruit or vegetable juice or 1 cup of tomato or vegetable soup. Lunch (Curd optional): cup moong dal khichri with a couple of teaspoons of seasonal vegetables such as aloo methi or gajar aloo and matar. Evening snack: 1 whole wheat bread roll. Dinner: cup paneer kofta curry with -1 small parantha. Occasionally, you may want to serve desserts. Do remember to keep your toddler's daily sugar intake to about 1-2 tsp, and use honey or jaggery (gur) to sweeten the dessert instead of sugar. More sample meal plans: Vegetarian meal plan for a two year old and three year old Non-vegetarian meal plan for a one year old, two year old and three year old Why not print out our blank weekly meal planner so you can organise delicious, healthy meals for your toddler every day?

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KDD - 18 May, 2012

Hi, My son is 10 months old, i am still breastfeeding him, and is anable to swallow thick food,i have to mash everything before feeding him, he does not like to take any new food and mostly not interested in eating. Suggest me ways by which i can develope his taste and make him interested in eating. Not happy with this comment? Let us know

Tanusree - 2 May, 2012

are the foods which are prescribed to be mashed before feeding because my son who is 15 months old directly swallows food? Not happy with this comment? Let us know

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